Lucky and the Drowned Debutante, Caper #5: Hilarious and Heartwarming Cozy Mysteries (The Carriage House Capers) by Emmy Grace

Author:Emmy Grace [Grace, Emmy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EG Books
Published: 2019-11-05T16:00:00+00:00

14

I don’t even bother taking the van back to Chester’s yet, mainly because I don’t trust my lower half to carry me all the way home. I park in front of the carriage house and head inside to collapse, face first, onto the bed. Within two minutes, pets surround me.

Mr. Jingles hops up on the bed and paws at my calf. Gumbo follows suit, but he makes his way toward farther up to root his nose into my armpit. Lucy-fur is the last to appear. She’s a haughty devil cat for sure, appearing almost by magic right in front of my face where she lays down to stare into my eyes. I don’t know what she’s trying to convey, possibly how unhappy she is with my decision to rescue animals, but after a few seconds of futile efforts, her eyes slowly close and she goes to sleep.

With no provocation that I can discern, my would-be road kill parrot, Squishy starts squawking. “Big bear! Big bear! Big bear!”

It’s only when there’s a knock at the door that I recognize as Liam’s angry pounding that I raise my head and stare at the bird. “Are you the harbinger of all things grouchy?” I ask.

Squishy doesn’t reply.

And, honestly, I might be a little freaked out if he did.

I move as quickly as I can, which must not be quickly enough for Liam, because he knocks again, this time with enough force to rattle the mugs on my mug tree.

“Hold your horses,” I snarl as I make my way to the door. I yank it open. “What’s your problem?”

He’s wearing his thundercloud, which I find oddly comforting. In a world that occasionally wants to go sideways and tilt in directions that keep me off balance, Liam’s grumpiness is like a surly north star. It’s the one thing I can count on.

“Do I even want to know what you’ve been up to?” he asks as he pulls open the storm door to step inside. Problem is, I haven’t yet moved, which puts him right on top of me. So close I could pucker my lips and kiss his chin if I angled my head just right.

Wonder what he’d do if I did exactly that?

I’m staring at the sexy cleft in said chin when the lips right above it thin even more, drawing my gaze upward.

“Keep that up and this day is going to take a very unexpected turn for both of us,” he growls.

It appears that my mind is as sluggish as my legs. “Huh?”

“You’re staring at my mouth like it’s dessert.”

Heat erupts from my chest up into my face like Mount Saint Helen’s on a particularly wicked day of PMS. “Was I?”

Can a blonde play dumb and get away with it when she’s wearing a black wig and matching moustache?

I guess we’ll see.

“Weren’t you?”

His blustery expression is dissolving right before my eyes, and something about what’s taking its place is making my stomach swim with anticipation.

“I…I…” I have to close my eyes and shake my head.

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